"baten" meaning in Middle English

See baten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to beat}}, {{bor+|enm|fro|batre}} Borrowed from Old French batre, {{der|enm|la|battō|battere}} Latin battere, {{doublet|enm|bateren|nocap=1}} doublet of bateren Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} baten, {{enm-verb|stem=bat}} baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated), {{tlb|enm|uncommon}} (uncommon) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|bat|inf2=0}} Forms: bateth [present, singular, third-person], batende [participle, present], batynge [participle, present], bated [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], baten [infinitive], to baten [infinitive], bate [infinitive], bate [first-person, present, singular], bated [first-person, past, singular], batest [present, second-person, singular], batedest [past, second-person, singular], bateth [present, singular, third-person], bated [past, singular, third-person], bate [present, singular, subjunctive], bated [past, singular, subjunctive], bate [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], baten [plural, present], bate [plural, present], bateden [past, plural], batede [past, plural], bateth [imperative, plural, present], bate [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], batynge [participle, present], batende [participle, present], bated [participle, past], ybated [participle, past], bate [alternative], battyn [alternative], batyn [alternative]
  1. To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-EY1o2qm3 Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 4 2 2 2 4 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 6 6 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 1 2 4 6 7 26 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 11 6 6 7 9 9 19 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  2. To fight or strive; to be in conflict with. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-NuCxWMbB Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  3. To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-lo4i1haf Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 11 6 6 7 9 9 19 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  4. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch. Tags: rare, uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-xonieDJ5 Categories (other): Touch Disambiguation of Touch: 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 35 0 0
  5. (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs. Tags: rare, uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-FopwAtFd Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abaten, bateren, bature, debaten, rebaten
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/
Etymology: An aphetic form of abaten. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to abate}}, {{aphetic form|enm|abaten|nocap=1}} aphetic form of abaten Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} baten, {{enm-verb|stem=bat}} baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated), {{tlb|enm|uncommon}} (uncommon) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|bat|inf2=0}} Forms: bateth [present, singular, third-person], batende [participle, present], batynge [participle, present], bated [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], baten [infinitive], to baten [infinitive], bate [infinitive], bate [first-person, present, singular], bated [first-person, past, singular], batest [present, second-person, singular], batedest [past, second-person, singular], bateth [present, singular, third-person], bated [past, singular, third-person], bate [present, singular, subjunctive], bated [past, singular, subjunctive], bate [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], baten [plural, present], bate [plural, present], bateden [past, plural], batede [past, plural], bateth [imperative, plural, present], bate [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], batynge [participle, present], batende [participle, present], bated [participle, past], ybated [participle, past], batyn [alternative]
  1. To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much) Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-2edUXIuv Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  2. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
    To reassure or hearten; to free of worry.
    Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-Vn7-hvG0 Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  3. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
    (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion.
    Tags: rare, uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-siZfopVv Categories (other): Emotions, Violence Disambiguation of Emotions: 26 2 3 0 3 1 8 54 3 0 Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  4. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
    (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude.
    Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-x3gEJ6~6 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 11 6 6 7 9 9 19 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 10 10 11 9 11 10 10 11 11 9
  5. To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-baten-enm-verb-XMZ87Ay3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈbaːtən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbatən/"
    }
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "batede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bateth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bated",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ybated",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "baten",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "bat"
      },
      "expansion": "baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "uncommon"
      },
      "expansion": "(uncommon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bat",
        "inf2": "0"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dwindle",
          "dwindle"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.",
        "To reassure or hearten; to free of worry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ],
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "reassure",
          "reassure"
        ],
        [
          "hearten",
          "hearten"
        ],
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "worry",
          "worry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.",
        "To eliminate a collective irrational emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ],
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective"
        ],
        [
          "irrational",
          "irrational"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.",
        "(rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.",
        "To eliminate a positive attitude."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ],
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.",
        "(in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in negations"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abase",
          "abase"
        ],
        [
          "humiliate",
          "humiliate"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "haughtiness",
          "haughtiness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːtən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbatən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baten"
}

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